Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-13
DEATH IN A TURKISH BATH.
The London Case Not Alarming-No Re-
lation of Cause and Effect.

The London Case Not Alarming-No Re-
Iation of Cause and Effect.
The recent case of death in Turkish
bath. really from excessive drinking, re-
ported 10y The London Daily News, was
recently the text for a long article in
your Sunday edition, in which were
many reflections based more on imagina-
ton than solid facts. There may be
danger in sleeping in a temperature Of
100 dcgs.. hut il is intinitcsSimal. Do
we hesitate 10 go to sleep because the
night is very hot. BY no means. There
is, however, great danger in the habit of
excessive drinking, whatever the person
may do ali,rward, whether it be going
TO the 'rm'ish hath or to church. but the
bath woull br the safest place to go at
that time. The habit of the bath is a
most audJblc one, and is 10 bc encnur-
aged At al times. as il tends Ia the wei
fare ami bottrrmrnt of the community
To elevate and not degrade man. II is on
the side &C virtue and not of vice.
BecauSc some may at times use it to
get relief from their exceSscs is no more
the fault of the bath than Is the fact that
people will sin during the week and go
to church On Sunday TO got alSolution
the fault of the church. People are not
made weaker or debilitated by the bath.
On the contrary, they are made stronger
and more vigorous. and more able 10 use
what strength they have. Disease and
bad habits most certainly weaken. but
the bath never. Let us look little fur
ther. and not hastily say when a man
dies that the last thing he touched killed
him. There is too much reasoning from
the surface. Is the sun To he blamed for
bringing noxious air from undrained
swampsy IL one takes Turkish bath
to-day and tomorrow is attacked with
rheumatism or other diseases. i ilni the
fault Of the hath: Emphatirally no! If
it is a fact that the bath ], weakening,
how is II that persons weakened and de-
bilitated by disease can tax, "u" or two
baths day and rapidly rr"rcr:
Again. how is il that t',r attendants
have worked in the heat of the bath sev.
eral hours daily for years and nd loSt a
day from sickness. A fact most promi-
nent in relation to these attendants is that
they invariably improve in health and
strength after commencing that kind Of
work. Mr.. ID. Urquhart. To whom
modern civilization is indebted for the re-
vival Of the ancient ottoman. or Turkish
hath. us il is now called. states, in the
Manual of the Turkish Bath. that the
hest shampooing he ever received was
from a man 90 years old. who had been
a worker in the bath since he was years
Of age. The frequent Use of the Turkish
hath, instead of being killing. is cnliven.
ing and helps to prolong life and increase
its vigor. a person who is given TO ex.
cess in drink and who makes frequent
use of the Turkish hath Is therefore more
likely 10 live longer than il he did not Use
the bath. The daily use of the bath has
been found in many cases of great advan.
tage 10 persons in ordinary health. BY
that means they are fortified against dis
ease and their systems toned up and in
vigorate'l. Death has come to man in
the pulpit. on the ferryboat, at the table.
Is il at all wonderful that 1t should come
TO one while in the bath. when he has
taken the surest course. by dissipation. 10
bring that condition about! Rest assured
the bath, in and Of itself. is not the thing
to hasten that time. Charles H. Shep-
ard. VI. d.. in Brooklyn Eagle.